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“Dear teacher — the worst scars are the ones you can’t see. Depression is an illness. Anxiety is an illness. Anorexia is an illness. Bulimia is an illness. … Please stop telling me that I am healthy when you can’t see what goes on inside my head.
“Dear teacher — I hate math. I hate history. I hate French. I hate chemistry. But most of all, I hate myself. Dear teacher — why do the words hurt so bad?”
Those are the words of Kayla Kitchen, a student at Holden High School in Orinda…